All Outputs (19)

Delirium prevention in hospices: Opportunities and limitations – A focused ethnography (2025)
Journal Article
Featherstone, I., Johnson, M. J., Sheldon, T., Kelley, R., Hawkins, R., Bravington, A., Callin, S., Dixon, R., Obita, G., & Siddiqi, N. (2025). Delirium prevention in hospices: Opportunities and limitations – A focused ethnography. Palliative medicine, 39(3), 391-400. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163241310762

Background: Delirium is common and distressing for hospice in-patients. Hospital-based research shows delirium may be prevented by targeting its risk factors. Many preventative strategies address patients’ fundamental care needs. However, there is li... Read More about Delirium prevention in hospices: Opportunities and limitations – A focused ethnography.

Understanding interaction in problematic dementia and social care encounters: Protocol for a micro-level study combining video-ethnography and Conversation Analysis (CA) (2024)
Journal Article
Chatwin, J., Ludwin, K., Jones, D., & Bravington, A. (2024). Understanding interaction in problematic dementia and social care encounters: Protocol for a micro-level study combining video-ethnography and Conversation Analysis (CA). PLoS ONE, 19(6), Article e0305069. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305069

It is well established that the actions and behaviour of dementia care workers are fundamental to the wellbeing of the people they care for. Not only do they deal with basic healthcare needs, but they also perform a vital psycho-social function by pr... Read More about Understanding interaction in problematic dementia and social care encounters: Protocol for a micro-level study combining video-ethnography and Conversation Analysis (CA).

Exploring pathways to optimise care in malignant bowel obstruction (EPOC): Protocol for a three-phase critical realist approach to theory-led intervention development for shared decision-making (2024)
Journal Article
Bravington, A., Boland, J. W., Greenley, S., Lind, M., Murtagh, F. E., Patterson, M., Pearson, M., & Johnson, M. J. (2024). Exploring pathways to optimise care in malignant bowel obstruction (EPOC): Protocol for a three-phase critical realist approach to theory-led intervention development for shared decision-making. PLoS ONE, 19(1 January), Article e0294218. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294218

Introduction Malignant bowel obstruction is a distressing complication of cancer, causing pain, nausea and vomiting, and often has a poor prognosis. Severe and rapidly developing symptoms, a lack of robust clinical guidelines and the need for multidi... Read More about Exploring pathways to optimise care in malignant bowel obstruction (EPOC): Protocol for a three-phase critical realist approach to theory-led intervention development for shared decision-making.

Erratum: Correction: Supported: Supporting, enabling, and sustaining homecare workers to deliver end-of-life care: A qualitative study protocol (PloS one (2023) 18 12 (e0291525)) (2024)
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Bayley, Z., Bothma, J., Bravington, A., Forward, C., Hussain, J., Manthorpe, J., Pearson, M., Roberts, H., Taylor, P., Walker, L., White, C., Wray, J., & Johnson, M. J. (2024). Erratum: Correction: Supported: Supporting, enabling, and sustaining homecare workers to deliver end-of-life care: A qualitative study protocol (PloS one (2023) 18 12 (e0291525)). PLoS ONE, 19(2), Article e0298925. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298925

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Ancillary hospital workers experience during COVID-19: systematic review and narrative synthesis (2024)
Journal Article
Kearsley, S. L., Walker, L., Johnson, M. J., & Bravington, A. (2024). Ancillary hospital workers experience during COVID-19: systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, Article spcare-2024-004855. https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2024-004855

Background: COVID-19 overwhelmed healthcare systems worldwide. Its impact on clinical staff is well documented, but little is known about the effects on ancillary staff (cleaners, porters and caterers). Aim: To identify the evidence of the impact of... Read More about Ancillary hospital workers experience during COVID-19: systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Supported: supporting, enabling, and sustaining homecare workers to deliver end-of-life care: a qualitative study 2 protocol 3 4 (2023)
Journal Article
Bayley, Z., Bothma, J., Bravington, A., Forward, C., Hussain, J., Manthorpe, J., Pearson, M., Roberts, H., Taylor, P., Walker, L., White, C., Wray, J., & Johnson, M. J. (2023). Supported: supporting, enabling, and sustaining homecare workers to deliver end-of-life care: a qualitative study 2 protocol 3 4. PLoS ONE, 18(12), Article e0291525. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291525

BACKGROUND: Homecare workers provide essential care at home for people at end-of-life but are often poorly trained and supported. AIM: To explore the experiences and needs of homecare workers and the views of homecare clients and carers, and other co... Read More about Supported: supporting, enabling, and sustaining homecare workers to deliver end-of-life care: a qualitative study 2 protocol 3 4.

Development of a Core Outcome Set for the research and assessment of malignant bowel obstruction (2023)
Journal Article
Bravington, A., Obita, G., Baddeley, E., Johnson, M., Murtagh, F., Currow, D., Boland, E., Nelson, A., Seddon, K., Oliver, A., Noble, S., & Boland, J. (2023). Development of a Core Outcome Set for the research and assessment of malignant bowel obstruction. PLoS ONE, 18(8), Article e0289501. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289501

Background: Malignant bowel obstruction is experienced by 15% of people with advanced cancer, preventing them from eating and drinking and causing pain, nausea and vomiting. Surgery is not always appropriate. Management options include tube or stent... Read More about Development of a Core Outcome Set for the research and assessment of malignant bowel obstruction.

Development of a Core Outcome Set for the research and assessment of inoperable malignant bowel obstruction (2023)
Journal Article
Bravington, A., Obita, G., Baddeley, E., Johnson, M. J., Murtagh, F. E., Currow, D. C., Boland, E. G., Nelson, A., Seddon, K., Oliver, A., Noble, S. I. R., & Boland, J. W. (2023). Development of a Core Outcome Set for the research and assessment of inoperable malignant bowel obstruction. PLoS ONE, 18(8), Article e0289501. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289501

BACKGROUND: Malignant bowel obstruction is experienced by 15% of people with advanced cancer, preventing them from eating and drinking and causing pain, nausea and vomiting. Surgery is not always appropriate. Management options include tube or stent... Read More about Development of a Core Outcome Set for the research and assessment of inoperable malignant bowel obstruction.

Challenges and opportunities for cervical screening in women over the age of 50 years: a qualitative study (2022)
Journal Article
Bravington, A., Chen, H., Dyson, J., Jones, L., Dalgliesh, C., Bryan, A., Patnick, J., & Macleod, U. (2022). Challenges and opportunities for cervical screening in women over the age of 50 years: a qualitative study. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 72(725), e873-e881. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2022.0036

BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is a preventable disease. Cases in women age >50 years are predicted to rise by 60% in the next two decades, yet this group are less likely to attend for screening than younger women. AIM: To seek novel solutions to the ch... Read More about Challenges and opportunities for cervical screening in women over the age of 50 years: a qualitative study.

The range and suitability of outcome measures used in the assessment of palliative treatment for inoperable malignant bowel obstruction: A systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Seddon, K., Bravington, A., Obita, G., Baddeley, E., Johnson, M. J., Murtagh, F. E., Currow, D. C., Boland, E. G., Nelson, A., Oliver, A., Noble, S. I., & Boland, J. W. (2022). The range and suitability of outcome measures used in the assessment of palliative treatment for inoperable malignant bowel obstruction: A systematic review. Palliative medicine, 36(9), 1336-1350. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163221122352

Background: Malignant bowel obstruction, a complication of certain advanced cancers, causes severe symptoms which profoundly affect quality of life. Clinical management remains complex, and outcome assessment is inconsistent.

Aim: To identify outc... Read More about The range and suitability of outcome measures used in the assessment of palliative treatment for inoperable malignant bowel obstruction: A systematic review.

Translating qualitative data into intervention content using the Theoretical Domains Framework and stakeholder co-design: a worked example from a study of cervical screening attendance in older women (2022)
Journal Article
Bravington, A., Chen, H., Dyson, J., Jones, L., Dalgliesh, C., Bryan, A., Patnick, J., & Macleod, U. (2022). Translating qualitative data into intervention content using the Theoretical Domains Framework and stakeholder co-design: a worked example from a study of cervical screening attendance in older women. BMC health services research, 22(1), Article 610. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07926-2

Background: Previous screening interventions have demonstrated a series of features related to social determinants which have increased uptake in targeted populations, including the assessment of health beliefs and barriers to screening attendance as... Read More about Translating qualitative data into intervention content using the Theoretical Domains Framework and stakeholder co-design: a worked example from a study of cervical screening attendance in older women.

Symptom burden and lived experiences of patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals on the management of malignant bowel obstruction: A qualitative systematic review (2022)
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Baddeley, E., Mann, M., Bravington, A., Johnson, M. J., Currow, D., Murtagh, F. E., Boland, E., Obita, G., Oliver, A., Seddon, K., Nelson, A., Boland, J. W., & Noble, S. (in press). Symptom burden and lived experiences of patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals on the management of malignant bowel obstruction: A qualitative systematic review. Palliative medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163221081331

Background: Malignant bowel obstruction occurs in up to 50% of people with advanced ovarian and 15% of people with gastrointestinal cancers. Evaluation and comparison of interventions to manage symptoms are hampered by inconsistent evaluations of eff... Read More about Symptom burden and lived experiences of patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals on the management of malignant bowel obstruction: A qualitative systematic review.

Development of a core outcome set to use in the research and assessment of malignant bowel obstruction: protocol for the RAMBO study (2020)
Journal Article
Baddeley, E., Bravington, A., Johnson, M., Currow, D., Murtagh, F. E., Boland, E., Obita, G., Nelson, A., Seddon, K., Oliver, A., Noble, S., & Boland, J. (2020). Development of a core outcome set to use in the research and assessment of malignant bowel obstruction: protocol for the RAMBO study. BMJ open, 10(6), Article 039154. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039154

INTRODUCTION: Studies regarding the management of malignant bowel obstruction (MBO) report conflicting findings. This is partly due to different outcome measures being used to evaluate severity of MBO and the response to treatments. Furthermore, curr... Read More about Development of a core outcome set to use in the research and assessment of malignant bowel obstruction: protocol for the RAMBO study.

Putting graphic elicitation into practice: tools and typologies for the use of participant-led diagrams in qualitative research interviews (2018)
Journal Article
Bravington, A., & King, N. (2019). Putting graphic elicitation into practice: tools and typologies for the use of participant-led diagrams in qualitative research interviews. Qualitative Research, 19(5), 506-523. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794118781718

The use of diagrams to stimulate dialogue in research interviews, a technique known as graphic elicitation, has burgeoned since the year 2000. Reviews of the graphic elicitation literature have relied on the inconsistent terminology currently used to... Read More about Putting graphic elicitation into practice: tools and typologies for the use of participant-led diagrams in qualitative research interviews.

Setting "survivorship" in context : the role of everyday resources in adjusting to life after cancer treatment with curative intent (2018)
Thesis
Bravington, A. Setting "survivorship" in context : the role of everyday resources in adjusting to life after cancer treatment with curative intent. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221138

Background: The number of people living beyond cancer in the UK is rapidly increasing, and their supportive care needs are a pressing issue. Patients treated with curative intent move on to a self management pathway, which uses checklists to measure... Read More about Setting "survivorship" in context : the role of everyday resources in adjusting to life after cancer treatment with curative intent.

“Go make your face known”: Collaborative working through the lens of personal relationships (2017)
Journal Article
King, N., Bravington, A., Brooks, J., Melvin, J., & Wilde, D. (2017). “Go make your face known”: Collaborative working through the lens of personal relationships. International journal of integrated care, 17(4), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.2574

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Collaborative working between professionals is a key component of integrated care. The academic literature on it largely focuses either on integration between health and social care or on the dynamics of power and id... Read More about “Go make your face known”: Collaborative working through the lens of personal relationships.

Can comprehensive specialised end-of-life care be provided at home? Lessons from a study of an innovative consultant-led community service in the UK (2014)
Journal Article
Noble, B., King, N., Woolmore, A., Hughes, P., Winslow, M., Melvin, J., Brooks, J., Bravington, A., Ingleton, C., & Bath, P. A. (2015). Can comprehensive specialised end-of-life care be provided at home? Lessons from a study of an innovative consultant-led community service in the UK. European Journal of Cancer Care, 24(2), 253-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12195

© 2014 The Authors. European Journal of Cancer Care published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Midhurst Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Service (MMSPCS) is a UK, medical consultant-led, multidisciplinary team aiming to provide round-the-clock adv... Read More about Can comprehensive specialised end-of-life care be provided at home? Lessons from a study of an innovative consultant-led community service in the UK.

The pictor technique: A method for exploring the experience of collaborative working (2013)
Journal Article
King, N., Bravington, A., Brooks, J., Hardy, B., Melvin, J., & Wilde, D. (2013). The pictor technique: A method for exploring the experience of collaborative working. Qualitative Health Research, 23(8), 1138-1152. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732313495326

Collaborative working is a crucial part of contemporary health and social care. Researching the experiences of those involved - as professionals, patients, or carers - is challenging, given the complexity of many cases and the taken-for-granted natur... Read More about The pictor technique: A method for exploring the experience of collaborative working.

Social Capital and Community Group Participation: Examining 'Bridging' and 'Bonding' in the Context of a Healthy Living Centre in the UK (2012)
Journal Article
Kirkby-Geddes, E., King, N., & Bravington, A. (2013). Social Capital and Community Group Participation: Examining 'Bridging' and 'Bonding' in the Context of a Healthy Living Centre in the UK. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 23(4), 271-285. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2118

Social capital has been widely advocated as a way of understanding and building community participation in the interest of health improvement. However, the concept as proposed by Putnam, has been criticised for presenting an overly romanticised accou... Read More about Social Capital and Community Group Participation: Examining 'Bridging' and 'Bonding' in the Context of a Healthy Living Centre in the UK.